empressement
Example Sentences
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At the station M. Bouc was greeted with respectful empressement by the brown-uniformed Wagon Lit conductor.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
I called on your mother a week or two ago; she always asks after you with empressement, and is very civil indeed to me.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
The chevalier paused with empressement, and remained peering into his listener's face with a gay, encouraging smile for two or three minutes.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
“But your poem,” said Klaus Heinrich, with some empressement.
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
The chevalier paused with dramatic empressement to enjoy the effect of his announcement.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
